Siheyuan: The romantic and suave Xu Damao

Zhang frowned, his eyes flickering, and after hesitating for a long time, he slowly spoke as if he had finally made up his mind.

He was seen with his brows tightly furrowed, and a look of reluctance on his face, as if he really felt that he had made a loss in the deal.

"Well, since Zhang Baotou is so straightforward, we won't say any more. According to what you just said, this gold is exactly 900 grams. 3927, that's 2,700 yuan! But, we agreed before that we would buy it at double the price, so 2,700 times 2, I have to pay a total of 5,400 yuan, am I right?"

Xu Damao smiled and stared straight at Zhang Baotou.

After hearing this, Zhang Baotou did not respond immediately. Instead, he turned his head to look at his companion beside him, who was wearing a long robe and holding a compass, dressed like a Feng Shui master.

Seeing this, the Feng Shui master nodded slightly, bowed to Xu Damao and said with a smile: "This young man's mental arithmetic ability is really amazing. That's right, this is the price."

After receiving a positive answer, Xu Damao was in a good mood and the smile on his face became brighter.

He turned and walked to a box placed aside, reached out to open the lid, and began to carefully take out stacks of neatly bundled banknotes from it.

Each stack is of standard 1,000-yuan denomination, brand new and thick.

As he continued to take out the banknotes, the whole scene was suddenly filled with the atmosphere of money.

The men around looked at so much money and their eyes lit up with an inexplicable light.

Xu Damao took out six stacks of banknotes from the box. Each one was brand new and crisp, with a faint scent of ink.

Xu Damao picked up one of the stacks with gentle movements. Then, he skillfully used his fingers to flick open the ropes that bound the bills and carefully counted them one by one. As his fingers flipped the bills, the crisp sound of counting was particularly clear in the quiet room. Soon, he counted out a full four hundred yuan.

After counting, Xu Damao nodded with satisfaction, placed the four hundred yuan and the other five stacks of banknotes neatly together, and then gently pushed forward with both hands. The stacks of banknotes slid across the table and stopped steadily in front of Zhang Baotou who was sitting across the table.

"Boss Zhang, please take a moment to check if this amount is correct. If there is no problem, we will take it away!" Xu Damao said as he leaned back and leaned back comfortably on the back of the chair. Then, he crossed his legs and swung them leisurely, his eyes fixed on Boss Zhang, waiting for his response.

Zhang Baotou did not act immediately upon hearing this, but turned his head and winked at the Feng Shui master beside him. The Feng Shui master understood and quickly stepped forward.

He stretched out a pair of slightly rough big hands, carefully grabbed the stacks of banknotes, untied the ropes that tied the money one by one, and then began to count them carefully.

Time passed minute by minute, and Xu Damao sat there bored.

About two minutes later, he finally couldn't help but open his mouth and asked Zhang Baotou, "Hey Zhang Baotou, it's a rare opportunity for us to meet today. Do you have any other good stuff on hand? Why don't you show it to me? I have some spare money in my pocket. Maybe we can do some other business together!"

After saying that, he deliberately patted his pocket, his face full of anticipation.

Zhang Baotou and his brothers in the room all stared with wide eyes at the money counted by the man in Feng Shui master's clothes, their faces full of greed. At this moment, Xu Damao's words came, and everyone couldn't help but feel happy.

The boss immediately opened his mouth and ordered, "I'm looking forward to doing business with such a generous man like you! Huang Erlu, Li San, the two of you go and get those items we got a while ago!"

"Okay, come on!" Huang Erlu and Li San responded in unison, and then hurried out one after another to get the things.

Not long after, the man who looked like a Feng Shui master had finished counting the money and nodded slightly to Zhang Baotou, indicating that the amount was accurate.

At this time, Zhang Baotou smiled and enthusiastically suggested: "The three brothers and Teacher Yan have taken the trouble to come from afar, and now it is almost midnight. How about I ask the brothers to prepare some delicious snacks, and we brothers can have a few drinks?"

"Thank you for your kindness, Zhang Baotou, but I am here on a mission entrusted by someone else, so I dare not drink and cause trouble."

Xu Damao smiled and calmly bowed to Zhang Baotou, then spoke in a firm and decisive tone.

"What a joke! When you're out, you have to be extra careful about everything! Who knows if there's any knockout drug or something like that in the food? If there is, there's really no one to turn to for help!"

Xu Damao secretly complained in his heart.

In this way, time passed by minute by minute. After about seven or eight minutes, Huang Erlu and Li Sancai, Zhang Baotou's subordinates, finally appeared slowly.

Huang Erlu was seen holding a long rectangular wooden box tightly in his hands, looking very cautious as if the box contained rare treasures; while Li San was holding a square wooden box tightly in his arms, which also looked quite heavy.

The two walked all the way to the table, gently put down the objects in their hands, and then obediently stepped aside.

Xu Damao had sharp eyes and immediately noticed something strange about the clothes on Huang Erlu and Li San - there were clear traces of fresh, undried yellow soil on their sleeves and corners, which had obviously been rubbed on just now.

It can be inferred from this that these things should have been properly stored in a secret cellar or cave.

At this time, the boss smiled and stretched out his hand to open the lid of the long wooden box and the square wooden box one by one. He glanced inside casually, and then without saying a word, he pushed the two boxes in front of Xu Damao.

He laughed heartily and said, "Haha, brother, you are an expert at first sight! Come on, take a good look at the things in here and see if there is anything good that catches your eye."

Seeing this, Xu Damao did not hesitate to bend down and began to carefully check the items in the box.

Xu Damao casually cast his gaze towards the inside of the long wooden box, but at that moment, his heart seemed to be hit by a heavy hammer. With a "click" sound, a strange feeling instantly surged into his heart.